Many Creoles, however, are descendants of French colonials who fled Saint-Domingue (Haiti) for North America’s Gulf Coast when a slave insurrection (1791) challenged French authority. According to Thomas Fiehrer’s essay “From La Tortue to La Louisiane: An Unfathomed Legacy,” Saint-Dominque had more than 450,000 black slaves, 40,000 to 45,000 whites, and 32,000 gens-decouleur libres, who […]
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Behind Blue Eyes
There are only thirteen known Leucistic alligators in the world. Gatorland located in Orlando, Florida is home to four of the thirteen Leucistic and is the biggest collection in the world. This short Documentary is the amazing story of how the four ‘white’ gators came from the swamps of New Orleans to Gatorland, Florida. Gatorland’s […]
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First 5 minutes of documentary. The New Olreans Creole” by Maurice Martinez, PhD. The video can be purchased from: DOOR KNOB FILMS P. O. Box 16445 Wilmington, NC. 28408 The cost is $20 each plus $5 shipping and handling.
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